Newari People

While we were hiking yesterday, we came across Newari people engaged in some kind of ceremony -- we think it was some sort of baby naming ceremony. I think that the baby was about a year old and it was dressed in an outfit that made it look like a little wizard. A few other children were dressed up as well (though not like wizards).

Michael told me that, at the age of 8, girls get married -- to a fruit! Eventually, they get married to a man as well. He also said that girls are confined to a cowshed or something like that when they get their period for the first time.

If you would like to learn more about these interesting people, I found some basic info here: http://www.geocities.com/newanepal/details.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newar_people